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Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
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Who invented the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
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Who improved on an earlier device and created the telegraph?
Samuel B. Morse
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What invention made working the dense prairie soil easier?
steel plow
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Who developed vulcanization, a process of treating rubber?
Charles Goodyear
200
Killed by an anti-Mormon mob?
Joseph Smith
200
What is it called when a farmer raises only one of two crops for sale?
specialization
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What invention was used to help keep trains moving safely and regularly?
telegraph
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What invention allowed an individual farmer to do the work of five hired hands?
mechanical reaper
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What was the fastest means of transportation available to Americans of the mid-19th century?
railroad
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What is the economic system in which private corporations and individuals control the means of production and use them to earn profits?
capitalism
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What word comes from the French word meaning "to undertake"?
entrepreneur
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What occurred in the early 19th century and changed the way people acquired the goods they needed?
market revolution
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A week and a half before he died with all his men at the Alamo, he wrote "I shall never surrender or retreat."
William Travis
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He got the nickname "The Long Marcher" after leading his men 800 miles from Kansas to Santa Fe and accepting New Mexico's surrender.
Stephen Kearny
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Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" he led his men from Veracruz to Mexico City, losing not a single battle in his campaign
Winfield Scott
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He led American soldiers in rebelling against Mexico and establishing the Bear Flag Republic in California
John C. Fremont
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Nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready", he led his men to the Rio Grande before war with Mexico was declared and later captured Monterrey
Zachary Taylor
400
What was generally shipped to its purchaser in parts and assembled where it would be used?
mechanical reaper
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Added the foot treadle to home sewing machines
I. M. Singer
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